Yves Delmotte

Yves Delmotte (1779-1861) was a colonel of France.

Biography
Delmotte was born in Nice in Alpes-Maritimes, France, in 1779. In 1796 he was drafted in the levee en masse during the French Revolutionary Wars. Delmotte retired after service in the remainder of the War of the First Coalition (1792-1797), but in 1814 he was drafted into the army again, but this time as a colonel. At the Battle of Denain, he helped in the defeat of Sweden, before retiring with the downfall of Napoleon. He died in 1861 in Les Invalides.